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Samuel Coavoux
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Sociologist. Assistant Prof @ENSAE & @crestsociology.bsky.social, Paris. I study cultural inequalities & digital technologies using mixed methods and CSS.

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CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 5d
TOMORROW 12 NOON Paris time at the CREST Sociology seminar: Olivier Godechot of CRIS fame on "Returns to Team Moves!"

Join us in-person at ENSAE or on-line on Zoom

Reposted by Pierre Bataille, Céline Bessière, Samuel Coavoux

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Anachronies @homohistoricus.bsky.social · 9d
"Elle sut assurer à son mari les plus favorables conditions de travail". Tout est dit !

Reposted by Martin Lang, Ingo Rohlfing, Samuel Coavoux , and 1 more

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Peder M Isager @isager.bsky.social · 12d
New blog post introducing Causion - a web app for causal inference teaching and learning: pedermisager.org/blog/causion....
Introducing Causion: A web app for playing with DAGs | Peder M. Isager
Personal website of Dr. Peder M. Isager
pedermisager.org

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 18d
Everyone is starting to sound like AI, even in spoken language

Analysis of 280,000 transcripts of videos of talks & presentations from academic channels finds they increasingly used words that are favorites of ChatGPT

Model collapse, except for humans arxiv.org/pdf/2409.017...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 19d
JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.

Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.

Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.

Reposted by Xavier Molénat

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · 24d
La moitié des 20 articles les plus lus sur cairn en 2025 ont été publiés dans les actes dont trois dans le numéro anniversaire des 50 ans 👏 shs.cairn.info/liste-lectur...
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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · 24d
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Patrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social · 24d
Two more weeks to apply for this job! Tenure track or tenured! Living in Paris! Nice colleagues (and me)!

Let me know if you have any questions! Details: www.shorturl.at/E57le

Reposted by David Lazer, Dean Eckles, Johannes Breuer , and 2 more

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Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 25d
We just published the methodology behind CoPE, our 9B parameter model that matches GPT-4o at content classification at 1% the size! The model is already open source, but now we're sharing our training technique. blog.zentropi.ai/how-we-built... 🧵 1/6
How we built CoPE
We just published the methodology behind CoPE. This is the model that powers Zentropi, and we think the approach might be useful for others working on policy-steerable classification systems. We had ...
blog.zentropi.ai

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jan 7
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."

surreal times

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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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Reposted by Pierre Bataille, Marta Kołczyńska, Peter Fallesen , and 1 more

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Dec 11
NEW: Ely Strömberg, Per Engzell, "How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Dec 10
Nice policy regarding LLMs and education. Learn what is good first. Turn to LLM to help you produce good things later.
andrew.heiss.phd Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · Dec 9
Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
Will you incorporate LLMs and AI prompting into the course in the future? No. Why won’t you incorporate LLMs and AI prompting into the course? These tools are useful for coding (see this for my personal take on this). However, they’re only useful if you know what you’re doing first. If you skip the learning-the-process-of-writing-code step and just copy/paste output from ChatGPT, you will not learn. You cannot learn. You cannot improve. You will not understand the code. In that post, it warns that you cannot use it as a beginner: …to use Databot effectively and safely, you still need the skills of a data scientist: background and domain knowledge, data analysis expertise, and coding ability. There is no LLM-based shortcut to those skills. You cannot LLM your way into domain knowledge, data analysis expertise, or coding ability. The only way to gain domain knowledge, data analysis expertise, and coding ability is to struggle. To get errors. To google those errors. To look over the documentation. To copy/paste your own code and adapt it for different purposes. To explore messy datasets. To struggle to clean those datasets. To spend an hour looking for a missing comma. This isn’t a form of programming hazing, like “I had to walk to school uphill both ways in the snow and now you must too.” It’s the actual process of learning and growing and developing and improving. You’ve gotta struggle. This Tumblr post puts it well (it’s about art specifically, but it applies to coding and data analysis too): Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner’s roadblock to art isn’t even technical skill it’s frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach’s capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That’s how you build on the technical skill. Throw that “won’t even start because I’m afraid it won’t be perfect” shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck. (The original post has disappeared, but here’s a reblog.) It’s hard, but struggling is the only way to learn anything. You might not enjoy code as much as Williams does (or I do), but there’s still value in maintaining codings skills as you improve and learn more. You don’t want your skills to atrophy. As I discuss here, when I do use LLMs for coding-related tasks, I purposely throw as much friction into the process as possible: To avoid falling into over-reliance on LLM-assisted code help, I add as much friction into my workflow as possible. I only use GitHub Copilot and Claude in the browser, not through the chat sidebar in Positron or Visual Studio Code. I treat the code it generates like random answers from StackOverflow or blog posts and generally rewrite it completely. I disable the inline LLM-based auto complete in text editors. For routine tasks like generating {roxygen2} documentation scaffolding for functions, I use the {chores} package, which requires a bunch of pointing and clicking to use. Even though I use Positron, I purposely do not use either Positron Assistant or Databot. I have them disabled. So in the end, for pedagogical reasons, I don’t foresee me incorporating LLMs into this class. I’m pedagogically opposed to it. I’m facing all sorts of external pressure to do it, but I’m resisting. You’ve got to learn first.

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Kathleen J. Mullen, Paolo Crosetto , and 8 more

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · Dec 9
Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
Will you incorporate LLMs and AI prompting into the course in the future? No. Why won’t you incorporate LLMs and AI prompting into the course? These tools are useful for coding (see this for my personal take on this). However, they’re only useful if you know what you’re doing first. If you skip the learning-the-process-of-writing-code step and just copy/paste output from ChatGPT, you will not learn. You cannot learn. You cannot improve. You will not understand the code. In that post, it warns that you cannot use it as a beginner: …to use Databot effectively and safely, you still need the skills of a data scientist: background and domain knowledge, data analysis expertise, and coding ability. There is no LLM-based shortcut to those skills. You cannot LLM your way into domain knowledge, data analysis expertise, or coding ability. The only way to gain domain knowledge, data analysis expertise, and coding ability is to struggle. To get errors. To google those errors. To look over the documentation. To copy/paste your own code and adapt it for different purposes. To explore messy datasets. To struggle to clean those datasets. To spend an hour looking for a missing comma. This isn’t a form of programming hazing, like “I had to walk to school uphill both ways in the snow and now you must too.” It’s the actual process of learning and growing and developing and improving. You’ve gotta struggle. This Tumblr post puts it well (it’s about art specifically, but it applies to coding and data analysis too): Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner’s roadblock to art isn’t even technical skill it’s frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach’s capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That’s how you build on the technical skill. Throw that “won’t even start because I’m afraid it won’t be perfect” shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck. (The original post has disappeared, but here’s a reblog.) It’s hard, but struggling is the only way to learn anything. You might not enjoy code as much as Williams does (or I do), but there’s still value in maintaining codings skills as you improve and learn more. You don’t want your skills to atrophy. As I discuss here, when I do use LLMs for coding-related tasks, I purposely throw as much friction into the process as possible: To avoid falling into over-reliance on LLM-assisted code help, I add as much friction into my workflow as possible. I only use GitHub Copilot and Claude in the browser, not through the chat sidebar in Positron or Visual Studio Code. I treat the code it generates like random answers from StackOverflow or blog posts and generally rewrite it completely. I disable the inline LLM-based auto complete in text editors. For routine tasks like generating {roxygen2} documentation scaffolding for functions, I use the {chores} package, which requires a bunch of pointing and clicking to use. Even though I use Positron, I purposely do not use either Positron Assistant or Databot. I have them disabled. So in the end, for pedagogical reasons, I don’t foresee me incorporating LLMs into this class. I’m pedagogically opposed to it. I’m facing all sorts of external pressure to do it, but I’m resisting. You’ve got to learn first.

Reposted by Patrick Präg, Samuel Coavoux

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Annina Claesson @anninac.bsky.social · Dec 7
📣 New paper alert!

Why do politicians feel the need to "act like influencers"?

Drawing on fieldwork in the French Assemblée Nationale, I explore the "social media double bind" faced by elected officials.

Available in open access in Social Media + Society ⤵️
doi.org/10.1177/2056...

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Carl T. Bergstrom, Mark J. Brandt , and 13 more

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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · Nov 27
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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Olivier Godechot @oliviergodechot.bsky.social · Nov 13
The AxPo Observatory on Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po is offering a 2-year postdoctoral position focusing on socioeconomic polarization and fragmentation.
Ph.Ds in sociology, economics, political science, and related fields are encouraged to apply.
www.sciencespo.fr/axpo/applica...
Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position
Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position at the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po, Paris, FranceGeneral informationPosition Definition: Post-doctoral resea...
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Yevhen Voronin @yevhenvoronin.bsky.social · Nov 11
"New evidence against the filter bubble thesis; it shows that platforms do reinforce cultural inequalities by increasing the social gap in consumption diversity."

sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Reposted by Pierre Bataille, Fabián Muniesa, Anthony Pecqueux , and 4 more

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · Nov 5
Mediapart et « Libération » révèlent des images inédites du 25 mars 2023. Elles montrent des consignes prohibées et dangereuses données par la hiérarchie.

Enquête vidéo de @camillepolloni.bsky.social et @laurawoj1.bsky.social 👉‍ www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Nov 4
Ils sont difficiles a quantifier, pas présent dans les enquêtes pour faire de la comparaison historique, et les travaux qualitatifs sont trop épars

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Nov 4
Quand à savoir si RB fait ça ou affirme le faire... En tous cas qu'elle se réclame d'une attitude contemplative au musée est un signe que c'est l'attitude symboliquement dominante.

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Nov 4
Si je peux me permettre, pour avoir fait ma thèse dessus: c'est vrai que le temps moyen passé devant une oeuvre est très faible. Mais il y a une petite minorité qui peuvent passer beaucoup plus de temps. Et ils se recrutent surtout dans les professions culturelles.

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Nov 4
Le public pas tellement, plutôt le nombre de visites par an. Les données de l'enquête Pratiques culturelles donnent une population de visiteurs similaire de 1973 a 2018.

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Oct 29
Reminder that the top 10% of the global population income wise includes a large part of the Western middle class. I know we like to talk about eating the rich but this is about us
runestahl.bsky.social Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · Oct 29
The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%.

And the gap is growing.

Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.

Reposted by Samuel Coavoux

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · Oct 29
The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%.

And the gap is growing.

Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.

Reposted by Samuel Coavoux

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Mehdi Arfaoui @mehdiarfaoui.bsky.social · Oct 24
#VeilleSHS

À paraître le 30 novembre aux Presses Universitaires du Septentrion @puseptentrion.bsky.social :

Trouver un terrain d'entente ? Conflits et négociations sur les lieux de travail (2000-2020)

par Pierre Blavier et Jérôme Pélisse

www.septentrion.com/fr/book/?gco...
Trouver un terrain d'entente ? Conflits et négociations sur les lieux de travail (2000-2020) Première édition Pierre Blavier, Jérôme Pélisse Entre conflits et négociations, cet ouvrage propose une synthèse de l'évolution des relations de travail sur les lieux de travail, en France, depuis les années 2000. Lire la suite Entre conflits et négociations, comment évoluent les relations professionnelles qui ont cours sur les lieux de travail en France depuis les années 2000 ? En partant d'enquêtes autant statistiques que monographiques menées pendant ces vingt dernières années, c’est la pluralité et la fragmentation des manières dont les acteurs tentent de trouver des terrains d’entente qui sont ici analysées. L’ouvrage propose de décrire et mettre en ordre la grande variété des rapports, entre conflictualité ouverte et coopérations négociées, qui lient salariés, représentants du personnel – et notamment syndicalistes – managers et cadres de direction. Il souligne combien la taille des établissements compte pour comprendre comment s’organisent quatre mondes sociaux des relations professionnelles. Polarisés entre petits et grands établissements, ces univers se diffractent en effet aussi entre établissements de taille intermédiaire d’une part, et établissements sous régulation publique, d’autre part.

Reposted by Samuel Coavoux, Caroline Robion‐Brunner

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Dr Michel Bessiere @michelbessiere.cpesr.fr · Oct 23
#ESR
Bravo David @monniauxd.bsky.social

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David Monniaux, directeur de recherche au CNRS : « Que se passerait-il si Trump ordonnait aux Gafam de cesser leurs services cloud à l’égard de nos gouvernements ? »
TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », le chercheur souligne les dangers de la dépendance numérique européenne à l’égard des géants du Web, soumis à la législation américaine.
www.lemonde.fr

Reposted by Samuel Coavoux

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Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · Oct 23
📢 Le médialab recrute !

Nous recherchons un·e ingénieur·e de recherche pour encourager et faciliter l'accès des personnels de recherche de (professeur·es, post-doctorant·es, doctorant·es...) de @sciencespo.bsky.social aux ressources de calcul GPU.

Retrouvez toutes les informations sur le poste 🔽
Recrute ingénieur·e chargé·e des accès GPU pour la recherche à Sciences Po | médialab Sciences Po
Le médialab de Sciences Po recrute un·e ingénieur·e de recherche pour encourager et faciliter l'accès des personnels de recherche (professeur·es, post-doctorant·es, doctorant·es et ingénieur·es) de Sc...
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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Oct 20
🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷

Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social

Details here (please RT)
www.shorturl.at/E57le

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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Oct 17
We are hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Computational Sociology! Come join a vibrant and diverse sociology and CSS team at CREST. Great students, great colleagues, and amazing working condition.
crestumr.bsky.social Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics (UMR 9194) @crestumr.bsky.social · Oct 17
📢 CREST & ENSAE Paris (IP Paris) are hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Sociology starting Sept 2026!
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🧠 Quantitative & computational focus
🌍 Open to all
📅 Apply by Jan 31 2026 → recruitment@ensae.fr
#AcademicJobs #Sociology #HiPARIS #CREST
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Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics (UMR 9194) @crestumr.bsky.social · Oct 17
📢 CREST & ENSAE Paris (IP Paris) are hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Sociology starting Sept 2026!
crest.science/wp-content/u...
🧠 Quantitative & computational focus
🌍 Open to all
📅 Apply by Jan 31 2026 → recruitment@ensae.fr
#AcademicJobs #Sociology #HiPARIS #CREST
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